Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

¹⁰ “Two men ^(A)went up into the ^[a]temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee ^(B)stood and began praying this in regard to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, crooked, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. ¹² I ^(C)fast twice a week; I ^(D)pay tithes of all that I get.’ ¹³ But the tax collector, ^(E)standing some distance away, ^(F)was even unwilling to raise his eyes toward heaven, but ^(G)was beating his chest, saying, ‘God, be ^[b]merciful to me, the sinner!’ ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other one; ^(H)for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”